Hong Kong Junior Open | |
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Details | |
Event name | Hong Kong Junior Open |
Location | Hong Kong |
Venue | Hong Kong Squash Center |
Website www.hksquash.org.hk/inter_hkj_info.html | |
Men's PSA World Tour | |
Most recent champion(s) | Tsukue Ryunosuke |
Women's PSA World Tour | |
Most recent champion(s) | Choi Uen Shan |
Hong Kong Junior Open squash championship is considered one of the most prestigious junior open squash championships in Asia and in the world. It is one of just four Tier 2 events used in the world junior rankings, which are surpassed in difficulty only by the World Junior Squash Championships. The tournament hosts nearly 500 players every year and is organized by the Asian Squash Federation and Hong Kong Squash.
Hong Kong Junior Open is divided into ten categories — Boys Under-19, Boys Under-17, Boys Under-15, Boys Under-13, Boys Under-11, Girls Under-19, Girls Under-17, Girls Under-15, Girls Under-13 and Girls Under-11. [1]
Year | Under-19 | |||
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1968 | Balvinder Dillon | |||
1969 | Tsang Chiang Chung | |||
1970 | Tsang Chiang Chung | |||
1971 | Michael Sandberg | |||
1972 | Michael Sandberg | |||
1973 | Miles Hancock | |||
1974 | Nicholas Jeffery | |||
1975 | Nicholas Jeffery | |||
1976 | Nicholas Jeffery | |||
1977 | Nicholas Jeffery | |||
1978 | Donnie Choi | |||
1979 | Jackie Choi | |||
1980 | Victor Poon | |||
1981 | Jackie Choi | |||
1982 | Daniel Tully | |||
1983 | Dr Patrick Timothy Gurubatham | 1984 | Dr Patrick Gurubatham | |
1985 | Dr Patrick Timothy Gurubatham | |||
1986 | Tony Choi | |||
1987 | Farham Samiullah | |||
1988 | Farham Samiullah | |||
1989 | Jamil Ahmide | |||
1990 | Yang Man Sum | |||
1991 | Dick Leung | |||
1992 | Jackie Lee | |||
1993 | Jackie Lee | |||
1994 | Jackie Lee Chun Kit | |||
1995 | Jackie Lee Chun Kit | |||
1996 | Dr Patrick Timothy Gurubatham | 1997 | Dr Patrick Gurubatham | |
1998 | Vincent Cheung Cheuk Yin | |||
Country | U-11 | U-13 | U-15 | U-17 | U-19 | Total |
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Hong Kong | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 43 |
Malaysia | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 18 |
India | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
South Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Jordan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Pakistan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
England | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Egypt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Singapore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Year | Under-19 |
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1980 | Jo Smith |
1981 | Dawn Olsen |
1982 | Dawn Olsen |
1983 | Dawn Olsen |
1984 | Cyrene Dela Rose |
1985 | Mah Li Lian |
1986 | Lina Ong |
1987 | Lina Ong |
1988 | Nichole Portelli |
1989 | Nichole Portelli |
1990 | Chris Bonoan |
1991 | Sally Hawkes |
1992 | Rebecca Chiu |
1993 | Rebecca Chiu |
1994 | Rebecca Chiu |
1995 | Rebecca Chiu |
1996 | Rebecca Chiu |
1997 | Rebecca Chiu |
1998 | Tricia Chuah |
Country | U-11 | U-13 | U-15 | U-17 | U-19 | Total |
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Hong Kong | 9 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 55 |
Malaysia | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
India | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Japan | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
South Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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